Car-fender.



PATENTED JAN. 7, 1908.

T. OREARDON.

OAR FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28, 1907.

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CAR-FENDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. '7, 1908.

Application filed September 2& 1907. Serial No. 395.012

T 0 all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, TlMOTHY OREARDON, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of W'ayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car- Fenders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

V In car fenders of the usual type, rigid frame members are used which injure a personstruck by them and also necessarily add to the weight of the fender.

This invention relates to a fender having a very light frame and a body of flexible fabric reinforced by padding where it is supported by the frame so that the latter cannot come in contact with a person.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the front of a car equipped with a fender embodying features of the invention. Fig. 2 is a view in detail of a fender frame. Fig. 3 is a view on smaller scale in detail of a net body for the fender. Fig. 4 is a view in detail in cross-section of a lower cross-rod and pad. Fig. 5 is a view in cross-section of a frame side rod and pad thereon.

In the drawings, pairs of socket irons 1 and 2 are secured in vertical alinevnent on each side of the extreme forward part, herein illustrated as the dash-board, 3, of a car, by bolts or screws 4.

A pair of similarly disposed parallel side rods 5 are each secured by a squared or flattened shank 6 in a pair of the sockets, the round body of the rod extending horizontally forward from the upper socket 1 a short distance, and then turning obliquely downward with its lower end a little above the ground or car track. The horizontal arm 7 of each rod is flattened near the outer bend and apertured to receive a round bar S pro Vided with a head 9 at one end and screw threaded for a nut 10 at the other end. The lower end of each side rod is either bent upon itself to form an eyelet or ring 11 or otherwise suitably apertured, and a square bar 12 journaled at each end and provided with, a cap-nut or square head 13 at one end and a nut 14 screw-threaded onto the other end, is secured therein. 1 A substantially rectangular body 15 of net- I ting of stout cord or similar suitable fabric, having oppositely disposed triangular wings 16 near its upper end, is secured by lacings 17 along its upper edge to the upper cross bar 8. A pad 18 formed of an outer sheet of stout cloth, pliable leather or the like, with inner sheets of soft cloth, felt or similar material of the same width as the lower part of the net body and of sufficient length to wrap several times around the lower cross bar 12, is laid on the not and tied or laced thereto to prevent slipping. The lower end of the net is tied by lacings 19 to the lower cross-bar 12, and the pad and not are then rolled around the bar readily by turning the latter until the net hangs with its heel slightly higher than the front, as illustrated. The wings 16 are inturned and laced by the strings 20 to the oblique portions of the side rods 5, and the mar gins 21 are likewise secured by lacings 22 to the lower edges 23 of the wings, the fabric when thus closed forming a wedge shaped or prismatic bag with its base substantially horizontal so that an object therein will not tend to roll forward of the frame. Thick pads 24 of sufficient length to completely cover the side rods between the cross bars, are folded around them and secured in place by straps 25 passing through the net and around the pads. The net may be properly adjusted by loosening the nuts of the cross bars and turning them till the net body hangs properly. 'lightening the nuts against the side rods which are in effect spring arms affords sufficient frictional engagement between the parts and between the roll ends and side rods to hold the net in proper place. The frame is thus made of as few parts as possible, and the members are so padded as not to injure anybody they may strike, while the body of the fender supports a person without injury. The fender may be made easily and cheaply and its parts are readily renewable in case of accident.

What .1. claim as my invention is:

1. A car fender comprising a substantially rectangular open frame, adapted to be secured in oblique position to the front of a car, a not having a substantially rectangular body laced at its upper end to an upper crossmember of the frame, a pad consisting of superposed sheets of soft fabric secured on the lower end of the not which is laced to and wrapped around a lower cross member of the frame,wings integral with the net laced along their oblique margins to the sides of the frame and along their lower margins to the adjacent edges of the net body, and pads covering the side members of the frame.

2. A car fender comprising a substantially rectangular open frame, adapted to be secured in oblique position to the front of a car, a net having a substantially rectangular body laced at its upper end to an upper crossmember of the frame, a pad consisting of superposed sheets of soft fabrics secured on the lower end of the net which is laced. to and wrapped around a lower cross member of the frame, wings integral with the net laced,

along their oblique margins to the sides of the frame andalong their lower margins to 15 the adjacent edges of the net body, pads folded around the side members of the frame, and straps buckled around the pads and side members. I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 20 in presence of two witnesses.

TIMOTHY OREARDON.

Vitnesses.

C. R. STICKNEY,

ANNA M. Donn. 

